Collecting Information Using SmartKit
You can use SmartKit to collect system data, archive information, and host information.
Exporting System Data
After installing the SmartKit information collection tool on a storage system, you can use the tool to customize information collection policies and collect information about the storage system in real time.
Prerequisites
The SmartKit information collection tool has been installed on the maintenance terminal.
Context
After starting SmartKit, you can obtain tool use instructions by clicking in the upper right corner of the user interface.
Procedure
- Start SmartKit.
The SmartKit page is displayed.
- Add a device.
- Click Devices and then Add.
The Add device step 2-1: Basic Information dialog box is displayed.
- Enter basic information, including the IP address and proxy. In the Add Policy and Select Proxy areas, select Specify IP Address (add a device by the IP address) and No Proxy, respectively.
- Enter configurations, including the user name, password, and port of the device. Click Next. In the Login Information area, enter Username, Password, and Port of the device to be added. The default value of Port is 22.
- Click Finish.
The newly added device is displayed in the device list.
- Click Devices and then Add.
- Collect information.
- On the main page, choose Troubleshooting > Storage Information Collection > Information Collection.
The Information Collection dialog box is displayed.
- In the device list, select the device whose information you want to collect and click Setting.
The Set Device Information Collection dialog box is displayed.
- On the Base Setup tab page, set items to be collected for the device and click OK.
The device information collection setting is complete.
- The storage system can collect information such as system logs, alarm logs, configuration data, disks, and electronic labels.
- SmartKit can collect device information by node. On the Advanced Settings tab page, select the node whose information you want to collect and click
. The selected node is displayed in the list on the right.
- In the Information Collection dialog box, click Collect.
Information about the selected node starts to be collected. The information collection status is displayed at the bottom of the page.
- On the main page, choose Troubleshooting > Storage Information Collection > Information Collection.
- Check the information collection result.
Click Open Directory to check collected device information.
Exporting Historical Performance Data
After the SmartKit historical performance monitoring tool is installed on a storage system, you can use the tool to collect historical performance data of the storage system to keep abreast of device information in real time.
Prerequisites
The SmartKit historical performance monitoring tool has been installed on the maintenance terminal.
Context
After starting SmartKit, you can obtain tool use instructions by clicking in the upper right corner of the user interface.
Procedure
- Start SmartKit.
The SmartKit page is displayed.
- Add a device.
- Click Devices and then Add.
The Add device step 2-1: Basic Information dialog box is displayed.
- Enter basic information, including the IP address and proxy. In the Add Policy and Select Proxy areas, select Specify IP Address (add a device by the IP address) and No Proxy, respectively.
- Enter configurations, including the user name, password, and port of the device. Click Next. In the Login Information area, enter Username, Password, and Port of the device to be added. The default value of Port is 22.
- Click Finish.
The newly added device is displayed in the device list.
- Click Devices and then Add.
- Export historical performance data.
- Choose Troubleshooting > Historical Performance Monitoring > Device Selection from the main menu.
The Select Devices dialog box is displayed
- Select a device.
- (Optional) In Result Folder, select a path for exporting the historical performance data of the storage device.
- Click OK.
- Click Historical Performance Monitoring.
The Historical Performance Monitoring dialog box is displayed.
- Click Export.
The Select Export File Type dialog box is displayed.
- Select HisPerfstat from the drop-down list box.
- Click OK.
The Performance History Management dialog box is displayed.
- In the Filter area, select the time period for exporting historical performance data.
- Click Select next to Start Date to select the start time for exporting historical performance data.
- Click Select next to End Date to select the end time for exporting historical performance data.
- (Optional) Select Compress to ZIP.
If this parameter is selected, you can view the historical performance of the device after the generated compressed package is imported to eService.
- Click Export.
The tool starts exporting historical performance data.
- When the message Collect information succeeded. is displayed next to Progress, the historical performance data collection is complete.
- (Optional) Click Open Directory to view the exported data.
- Click Close.
After collecting historical performance data, contact Huawei technical support engineers for fault locating and analysis.
- Click Export.
- Choose Troubleshooting > Historical Performance Monitoring > Device Selection from the main menu.
- (Optional) Combine multiple historical performance data files into one file.
Click Combine and then you can perform operations as prompted.
- (Optional) Use SmartKit to view historical performance data.
Click Add to List and perform operations as prompted.
Collecting Device Archive Information
After installing the SmartKit archive information collection tool on a storage system, you can use the tool to collect the configuration and deployment information about the storage system and generate archives.
Prerequisites
SmartKit has been installed on the maintenance terminal and an archive information collection tool has been loaded.
Procedure
- Start SmartKit.
- Choose Troubleshooting > More > Device Archive Collection.
The device archive information collection page is displayed.
- For details about archive information collection operations, click
in the upper-right corner to obtain help.
Collecting Host Information
When a host information collection tool is installed on a storage system, the tool can be used for one-click information collection of hosts and database systems.
Prerequisites
- SmartKit has been installed on the maintenance terminal and a host information collection tool has been loaded.
- To add devices, the super administrator account is required for connections.
Procedure
- Start SmartKit.
- Choose Troubleshooting > More > Host Information Collection.
The host information collection page is displayed.
- For details about host information collection operations, click Help in the upper-right corner to obtain help.